CVE-2026-122318 PUBLISHED

Kyverno before 1.19.2 Cosign Identity Check Bypass via Empty SAN Certificates

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.11.2026 Published: 05.11.2026 Updated: 05.11.2026

Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authentication bypass in matchCertificateData that skips verifyImages subject and subjectRegExp checks when the signing certificate has no Subject Alternative Name. Attackers holding a leaf certificate from a configured private trust root can omit the SAN, set the expected Fulcio issuer OID, and sign malicious images that are admitted despite signer pinning.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L
CVSS Score: 7.2

Product Status

Vendor kyverno
Product kyverno
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.19.2 (excl.)
  • Version 1.19.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • arpitjain099 finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Certificate Validation CWE